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50 Complete Civil War Union Newspapers

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
50 Complete Civil War Union Newspapers
<B>Incredible Collection of Civil War Union Newspapers</B></I> consisting of approximately 50 complete issues from major northern cities including many with front page maps. Some of the highlights are as follows: <BR><I><B>Philadelphia Inquirer</B></I></B></I>- 5/23/1861 (map showing Confederate states); 7/07/1861 (drawing of sword given to McClellan by Philadelphia); 2/17/1862 (large map of Tennessee, Fort Donelson report); 4/10/1862 (large map of Southwest Operations, Shiloh reporting); 11/17/1863 (Map of Banks Texas Expedition); 2/25/1865 (large VICTORY map "Atlanta to Richmond"); 4/08/1865 (map of "Lee's Last Defeat"); 4/20/1865 (large graphics of Abraham Lincoln's funeral with slight damage); 5/15/1865 (Jefferson Davis in women's clothes). <BR><I><B>New York Herald</B></I></B></I>- 1/03/1863 (large map Murfreesboro); 9/20/1863 (map of Sabine Pass); 11/23/1863 (map Rio Grande). <BR><I><B>Daily Evening Bulletin</B></I></B></I> (Philadelphia)- 4/17/1865 (Lincoln's Assassination). <BR><I><B>The World (Morning Courier & New York Enquirer)</B></I></B></I>- 8/20/1861 (report on Bull Run). <BR>Other titles include the <I>New York Times,</B></I> <I>National Intelligencer</B></I> (Washington DC), <I>Essex County Mercury</B></I> (Salem, Massachusetts), <I>New York Tribune,</B></I> and <I>The Press</B></I> (Philadelphia). Condition is generally very good. An excellent grouping of important first hand reporting from the turbulent 1861-1865 period, housed in two large custom binders.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Large Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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